Top photos from the World Economic Forum on Africa 2017

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3 min readMay 5, 2017
Man of the moment: Malusi Gigaba, South Africa’s Finance Minister

Ceri Parker, Commissioning Editor, Agenda, World Economic Forum

This article is part of the World Economic Forum on Africa 2017

Over 1,000 participants from across Africa and the world just spent three days in Durban discussing how to build a more inclusive economy. Here are some of our favourite images.

A participant arrives at Durban’s International Convention Centre

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma

Vimbayi Kajese, founder of #Adtags

Forest Whitaker, artist and humanitarian, speaks on the South Sudan crisis

ONE campaign panel on ending poverty through education

Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam, giving a briefing on famine

John Dramani Mahama, President of Ghana

A mural at the International Convention Centre in Durban.

The Forum’s Max Hall interviews Oluwayimika Angel Adelaja, CEO of Fresh Direct

Setting up for a live broadcast in the convention centre.

The sun sets on our 2017 meeting on Africa.

Photos by Jakob Polacsek, Benedikt von Loebell and Greg Beadle, for the World Economic Forum. Find and share our images on Flickr.

Originally published at www.weforum.org.

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